Mindfulness Research
Can Mice Meditate? These Neuroscientists Think So
Researchers at the University of Oregon designed "The Mouse Meditation Project" to explore the connection between stress, brain activity, and meditation. Read More 
Neuroscience
Anxiety
How Happy Brains Respond to Negative Things
Recent research provides a whole new understanding of the brain's amygdala—and suggests that happy people take the bad with the good. Read More
Mindfulness Research
This Neuroscientist Proves Well-Being Can Change the Brain
Richie Davidson's research is proving how well-being can actually change the brain. Read More
Focus
Pink Brains, Blue Brains
Men are from Mars and women are from Venus, right? Maybe not. Research suggests these differences are overstated. Read More
Compassion
What a Grateful Brain Looks Like
"Thank you" doesn't just bring light to people's faces. It also lights up different parts of the brain. Read More
Anxiety
Meet Your Second Brain: The Gut
How what's going on in your gut could be affecting your brain. Read More
Calm
“An Antidote For Mindlessness” in New Yorker Blog
Can mindfulness training work as a protective factor against the typical stresses of life? The New Yorker blogs about the progression of mindfulness studies, and one researcher studying the lasting effects of mindfulness. Read More
Mindfulness Research
Seek Experiences That Positively Reshape Your Brain
New research looks at how experiences can positively shift our self-perception. Read More
Mindfulness Research
Meditation: A Practical Way to Retrain Attention
Daniel Goleman on how meditation can help us flex the different muscles of attention. Read More
Anxiety
Center for Investigating Healthy Minds Receives $8 Million Grant for Meditation Research
The National Institutes of Health grant will extend neuroscientist Dr. Richard Davidson's meditation research for the next five years. Read on to learn more about the three new research projects that will be funded by the grant. Read More
